(a) “Designated Agent” means a person granted sole authority, through written certification of all the Working Forest Landowner(s) designated in a submitted or approved WFMP, to conduct those activities specifically assigned to a Designated Agent by Board Rules.

(b) “Late Succession Forest Stands”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.2(g)(3), means stands of dominant and predominant trees that meet the criteria of the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System class 5D, 5M, or 6 with an open, moderate, or dense canopy closure classification, often with multiple canopy layers, and are at least ten (10) acres in size. Functional characteristics of late succession forest stands include large decadent trees, snags, and large down logs.

(c) “Long Term Sustained Yield (LTSY)”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(a), means the average annual growth sustainable by the inventory predicted at the end of a 100-year planning horizon, or a shorter planning horizon if the forest encompassed by the WFMP has reached a balance between growth and yield.

(d) “Major Stand Type”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(b), means a stand that occupies an area equal to or greater than 25 percent of a WFMP.

(e) “Management Unit”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(c), means a geographically identifiable area delineated for silviculture or management purposes. A Management Unit is intended to reflect an area scheduled for harvest under the Plan in any given year, but may also be designated to address specific resource sensitivities.

(f) “Stand”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(d), means a geographically identifiable group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality to be a distinguishable unit.

(g) “Strata”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(e), means a grouping of similar Stands defined for silvicultural or management purposes, usually according to similarities in stand composition, structure, and age.

(h) “Sustained Yield”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(f), means the yield of commercial wood that an area of commercial timberland can produce continuously at a given intensity of management consistent with required environmental protection and that is professionally planned to achieve over time a balance between growth and removal. Sustained Yield management implies continuous production planned so as to achieve, at the earliest practical time, a balance between growth and harvest.

(i) “Uneven aged Management”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(g), means forest management with the goal of establishing a well-stocked stand of various age classes, which permits the periodic harvest of individual or small groups of trees to achieve Sustained Yield objectives of the WFMP, and provide for regeneration of trees and maintenance of age class structure.

(j) “Working Forest Harvest Notice”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(h), means notice of timber harvest operations, pursuant to an approved WFMP, which meets the requirements of PRC § 4597.11 and 14 CCR § 1094.8.

(k) “Working Forest Landowner”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(i), means an owner of timberland with 10,000 or fewer acres of timberland who has an approved WFMP and is not primarily engaged in the manufacture of forest products.

(l) “Working Forest Management Plan (WFMP)”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(j), means a management plan for Working Forest Timberlands, with objectives of maintaining, restoring, or creating Uneven aged Managed timber stand conditions, achieving Sustained Yield, and promoting forestland stewardship that protects watersheds, fisheries and wildlife habitats, and other important values. Other important values include maintained forest ecosystem processes and services. A Working Forest Management Plan may include multiple Working Forest Landowners, but shall cover no more than 10,000 acres of timberland. The Harvest Area of a Working Forest Management Plan must be contained within a single CALWATER 2.2 hydrologic area.

(m) “Working Forest Timberlands”, pursuant to PRC § 4597.1(k), means timberlands owned by a Working Forest Landowner(s).